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writes—“ It abounds in long grass on the river-banks in Lower Pegu, 
and I found it equally common sixty miles above Ava.” It has 
doubtless often been confounded with Pr. 1npica; from which it is 
readily distinguished by the large quantity of white on the inner 
webs of the tail-feathers. 
RHODOPHILA MELANOLEUCA, Jerdon, n. g. e¢ sp. This curious 
little bird was discovered, not long ago, by Dr. Jerdon, in plenty 
about Caragola, on the main stream of the Ganges, where it haunted 
the interior of the wild rose-bushes (fosa involucrata), there consti- 
tuting much of the ordinary low jungle; and never perching on the 
topmost sprays, like the Stonechats and other vawicoline. Mr. Blan- 
ford has since obtained in Arakan. ‘The form appears to me to ap- 
proximate Curruca most nearly ; but the tarsi and toes are more 
slender, and the claws more gracile and elongated. The wings and 
tail are also more graduated; and the general plumage softer. 
Colours remarkable ; plain glossy black above (inclusive of the ear- 
coverts), and plain white below. Bill and feet black. Length of 
closed wing 22 inch; of tail 2; inch. I shall leave Dr. Jerdon to 
describe it more in detail. 
- PHYLLORNIS AURIFRONS, (J. and§.) “ Near Thingadau, seventy 
miles above Ava; also Thayet Myo.” I obtained it at Maulmein ; 
and PH. COCHINCHINENSIS in the forests of Upper Martaban. 
LEUCOCERCA ALBOFRONTATA, (? Franklin.) Here, again, the race 
isa little different from the Indian one; being just distinguishable 
by having the white of the forehead and supercilia not so broad, nor 
meeting round behind at the occiput. There is also not so much 
white on the tail-feathers. Upper Pegu. 
Tora typHia, (4.) “ Common throughout Burma.” 
ORIOLUS MELANOCEPHALUS, Gm. “ Seventy miles above Ava. I 
have shot this aud three other species near Thayet Myo.” O. mMELA- 
NOCEPHALUS seems to be common throughout Burma, and extends 
down the Malayan peninsula; being quite similar to the Bengal 
race, and constantly distinguishable from that of Malabar and Ceylon 
(O. cEYLonENSIS, Bonap.) O.1INDICUS (v. chinensis) is also com- 
mon in the Burmese region, and O. TENUIROSTRIS, nobis, is less so. 
I obtained a mature female of the latter at Maulmein, and doubt if 
the mature male is yet known. Specimens of O. rnprtcus from China 
are undistinguishable from Indian examples, and appear to be the O. 
